By: Sean Crose “I really believe,” said iconic promoter Bob Arum on a recent conference call, “that the fight will be a tremendous, interesting, competitive fight. That’s why we made it. That’s the truth.” Arum was speaking of the Terence Crawford-Amir Khan battle, which is set to go down on …
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Boxing Has Yet Another Biting Problem
By: LV Boxing This past Saturday on March 27th, it was a typical boxing weekend. There were a ton a good fights on the telecast including Kash Ali vs David Price. The proceedings started off normally. Both men were boxing and landing their fair share of shots. Ali made it …
Read More »Crystina Poncher: Hard Work Does Pay Off
By: LV Boxing It is seldom to reach the pinnacle of your profession. Whether it be in the fast food industry, retail, the medical field or in this case sports journalism. Reaching the top or even getting near it for that matter is a difficult feat. For Crystina Poncher however …
Read More »Boxing Insider Notebook: Estrada, Rungvisai, Easter, Barthelemy, Byrd, and more…
Compiled By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of March 26th to April 2nd; covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Estrada vs. Rungvisai Rematch Will Be Twice the First Fight Juan Francisco Estrada says he …
Read More »ShoBox Preview: Angelo “El Chinito” Leo & Neil “The Beast” John Tabanao Look to Shine
By: Ken Hissner Sam’s Hotel and Gambling Hall will host a ShoBox event on Friday night. This card will feature eight bouts and will be promoted by Mayweather Promotions. The main event will feature featherweight Angelo “El Chinito” Leo of Las Vegas, Nevada facing off against Neil “The Best” John …
Read More »Errol Spence Jr. vs. Mikey Garcia: Why this Trend has to stop.
By: Rahat Haque There is a reason there are weight classes in boxing, and the mid-March main event between Mikey Garcia and Errol Spence Jr proved it. While it is great to see two star names face off against each other, it is not so great to see a one …
Read More »ESPN Boxing Results: Gvozdyk Wins By TKO After Ngumbu Hurts Leg
By: Sean Crose ESPN’s boxing broadcast from Philly on Saturday opened with the 24-3 Ray Robinson facing the 21-0 Egidijus Kavaliauskas in a scheduled 10 round welterweight affair. Lithuania’s Kavaliauskas stalked his man throughout the first two rounds. The next two rounds showcased more of the same, with Kavaliauskas landing …
Read More »DAZN Boxing Results: Garcia and Acosta Dominant in Victory
By: LV Boxing Ryan Garcia (18-0, 15 KOs) added more fuel to his hype train as he absolutely wiped out Jose Lopez (20-4-1, 14 KOs). The contest took place at the Fantasy Springs Casino, in Indio California. In total it took Garcia only two rounds to dispatch of his opponent. …
Read More »Smith Stops Eggington; Fitzgerald Decisions Fowler
By: Ste Rowen In his first fight in Liverpool for almost three years, former WBO junior-middleweight champion, Liam Smith made easy work of Sam Eggington, stopping the former European welterweight champion in five rounds to claim the WBC ‘Silver’ belt and hopefully send a message to the rest of the …
Read More »DAZN Boxing Preview: Smith vs. Eggington
By: Ste Rowen On Saturday night at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena, former WBO junior-middleweight champion, Liam Smith returns to the ring for the first time since his 2018 attempt to regain that same world title. His opponent is Sam ‘Savage’ Eggington, a boxer who made his name at welterweight and …
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